Andrew Ellis appointed country manager as Viasea expands into the UK

Norwegian shortsea container shipping firm Viasea has opened its first UK office, in Immingham, and appointed shortsea veteran Andrew Ellis (pictured above) as its UK country manager.
The company said the move was due to “demand for more capacity between UK and Norway and a need for moving more traffic off the roads”.
Viasea MD Morten Pettersen added: “We are very proud to extend our services further , now opening our own …

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Containerships launches a new weekly service

Containerships is happy to announce a new service to/from Kristiansand, Norway. The  service will be operated by its joint partner, Viasea, weekly, and it is available as from 8th October.

The Kristiansand service improves Containerships’ service coverage in Norway and enables the company to serve the southwestern part of the country with competitive leadtimes and rates. Door-to-door service is available. Below some port-to-port transit times regarding the new service:

  • Klaipeda – Kristiansand, 5...

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